Social disorganization and history of child sexual abuse against girls in sub-Saharan Africa: a multilevel analysis

Conclusion:
We found that exposure to CSA was associated with high community level of family disruption, thus suggesting that neighbourhoods may indeed have significant important effects on exposure to CSA. Further studies are needed to explore pathways that connect the individual and neighbourhood levels, that is, means through which deleterious neighbourhood effects are transmitted to individuals.

Source: BMC International Health and Human Rights - August 7, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ismail YahayaOlalekan UthmanJoaquim SoaresGloria Macassa Source Type: research